Sugar-bowl.



G. T. MOGRBERY.

SUGAR BOWL.

APPLICATION FILED r1113. 2 1909.

Patented Nov.2, 1909.

A TTORNE P.

Y UNITED" STATES PATENT OFFICE.

COLIN '1. KcCBEEBY, OF VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA.

SUGAR-BOWL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 2, 1909. Serial No. 475,618.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, Conn T. McCnnnnr, citizen of the Dominion of Canada, residing at Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, Canada, have invented a new and useful Sugar-Bowl, of which the following is a specification.

TlllS invention relates to a sugarbowl having a delivery means in its base from which a measured quantity of sugar can be discharged at will, find my improvement is directed to the provision of a simple and eflicient valve for' receiving a charge of sugar from the bowl and for delivering the same therebeneath and to the revision of an actuating means for this va ve'that can be convenientlv operated from the handle of the bowl.

The invention is particularly described in the following SPGClfiCiLtlOIl reference being made to the drawings by which it is accompanied, in which,

Figure 1 is a vertical section of a sugar bowl provided with this improved delivery means, Fig. 2 a longitudinal section of the valve, and Fig. 3a perspective view of a modified form having only one movable delivery valve.

' jecting upwar from the bottom 0 which upwardly projecting members may be' stamped from the aperture. One of these The bottom of the bowl 2' is provided with a rectangular apea'ture 3 over which is rota-' tably mounted cylindrical se' segments be" 11 a common axis 4, hollow cuts 5 and 6 the axis of the carried in bearin s 7 pro- 1 the bowl segments6 is provided with circular ends 8 and the end bearin are preferably outside of 8. These'segments 5 and 6 are each less than a semicircle and 9 .of the other segment their lower-edges normally fit close against one another so that their upper edges are apart a sufiicient distance to permit the contents of the bowl to flow. freely in through a rectan 11 .fitted in the bottom of thebowl.

- The upper edges of the segments '5 and 6 are held apart by a sprin 12 applied in any convenient manner and t e openin is centered withthe'ap erture 10 in the alse bottom by projectionsl? on the edges of the valve segments whichengage the edges of the aperture. Each of these segments 5 and 6 may be opened against the resistance of the ring 12 lily flexible wires 15 endwise mova le in em tubes '16 which extend up gular aperture 10 in a false bottofn' The wire from the right side is connected by a screw or other suitable fastening to the lower edge of the left hand valve segment and the left hand wire is similarly connected to theriglit hand segment, so that on pres-' sure of the button 17 one of the segments will be rotatedto close the to and cut ofl communication with the bowl,

and to open at the bottom and deliver the contents of the valve through the aperture 3 in the base.

aperture 10" Patented Nov. 2, 1909.

In Fig. 3 is shown a modification wherein one of the segments is secured to the bottom of the bowl adjacent to the edge of its aperture 3 and to the corresponding edge of the aperture 10 of the false bottom 11.' In this case the closed ends 8 will form a part of the fixed segment and will support the movable segment and thus dispense with the necessity for the upward projections 7. There will obviously be only occasioufor one operating means; 1

Having now particularly described my invention and the manner of itsuse I hereby declare that what- I claim as new and desire to be protected in by Letters Patent is;

1. As a means for delivering sugar and the like, a. sugar bowl having ahandle, a

rotatable valve situated-in the lower part of the bowl, means for operating said valve from a position adjacent to the handle, said means comprising a flexible wire, and a guide for constraining the wire to follow the bend of the bowl, said wire being connected to the valve at the lower end, and a, finger engaging button secured to the wire at the upper end. i

2. In a device of the class described, the.

combination with a bowl having an aperture in its base and havinga handle, a rotatable valve controlling said aperture, and means for operating said valve from a position adj acent to the handle of the bowl, said means compfising a flexible wire connected to the valve and carried up the side of the bowl and a guide for said wire. I j

3. In a device of the class-described, the combination with a bowl having ahandle and having-an 'aperturein its base and a false bottom hav ng acorrespondingaperture, a rotatable segment of a hollow cylin; der between the base and the false bottom,

for o eratin the segment to close the aperture 1n the alse bottom and open that in the bowl to a position proximate to the seg-- the base, said means contilprising a'flexible wire, an inclosi'ng tube erefor following the contour of the bowl from a position at the upper edge adjacent to the handle of ment, said wire being connected to the segment at the lower end, and a, finger engaging button carried by the upper end of said w1re.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

COLIN T. MCCREERY. Witnesses:

A. G. Wootsnr, ROWLAND-JBRITPAIN. 

